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Show THE BARGAIN PIN. Some years ago, when Holbrook Bllnn, tho actor, was playing In a London production, he went to Ascot for the races one afternoon. In an interval between races Blinn was in a refreshment booth when a slinky individual in-dividual addressed him and wonted to know whether Bllnn wouldn't buy a handsome scarf pin at a great bargain. bar-gain. Blinn said "No," but the stranger stran-ger was persistent. "It's worth 20 pounds if it's worth a tanner," Baid tho furtive ono, "and you can 'ave it for five, guv-nor. Just take a look at It, anyway." "Well, show it to mo, thon," said Bllnn. "Where Is It?" The other took Bllnn by the arm and pointed off to tho right, whore an elderly gentleman stood. "In the necktie of that old cove ovor yonder!" he said. Saturday Evening Post. |